Date:	Saturday 23 January 1971
Time:
Type:	Fokker F-27 Friendship 500
Owner/operator:	Korean Air Lines - KAL
Registration:	HL5212
MSN:	10428
Year of manufacture:	1969
Total airframe hrs:	2302 hours
Cycles:	3171 flights
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 60
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	near Sokcho -   South Korea
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Kangnung Airport (KAG/RKNN)
Destination airport:	Seoul-Gimpo (Kimpo) International Airport (SEL/RKSS)

Narrative:
The Fokker crash-landed on a beach after an attempted hijack by a man carrying grenades. The hijacker and the co-pilot were killed by grenade explosions.

Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
Gooi/Eemlander 1.7.72
Willem Wendt

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